“Yanez’s defense lawyers pointed to Castile’s previous drug use when arguing their case.
“None of this would have happened but for Philando Castile,” defense attorney Earl Gray said. “[Yanez] sees the gun and [Castile] doesn’t follow orders. That’s enough to pull your gun out and end the threat.”
Castile told Yanez he had a gun. He was not hiding anything. He was trying to comply with the cop’s orders to present his ID. If Castle was such a dangerous fellow, how come no other policeman had seen fit to shoot him in Philando’s 15 years of adulthood?